The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-03-11

iert In that. None. You LOST yolr little
ehlid Somebody came in aud sud; We'll,
perhaps II the child had lived it might have
t1rned cut badly ANY hope, any comfort
an mat None at all You lost your prop
erty- a friend came in and said:
Wei. It only shows that riches are
very uncertain You knew that before.
80 comfort 1t IS miserable quilckery when
The world tries to comfort a soul But here
christ comes and he says: II took your prop
srty that you might appreciate better the
Heavenly treaAlre 1 took physical health that
yon might better appreciate Spiritual health:I
took your loved ones for had better and
brighter place for them, and / wanted
them at the gate when YOU come
through So your soul Is comfort
Ell, and the tears are dried and the
wounds are healei The air sometimes gets
very dark with ravens wings, and they shut
out all brightness and all comfort, and when
1t IS 50 DARK, and the voices Of these ravens
make the air horrible with their sound, th}n
Christ comes in TO soOthe the soul, and He
says: The mountains nay depart and the
hills be removed. but my loving kindness
viii never fail you Shelter-everlasting
sbelter-in this dovecot of the Gospel.
But this flock Of souls that have come into
the Kingdom Of God today, are like doves
70 their windows because they fly home.
The most OF the birds have no home. Win
ter in one cline summer in another cline.
This year a nest in one tree; next year nest
IN another tree The golden oriole OF Ger
many stays only three months there and
then Il Is gone. The linnet Of Norway
flies across the sea to get rid Of the
wintry blast The he-on. the gross
beak and the goldfneh a-e all migratory.
1hey have no home but the pigeons, the
doves spoken Of in the text, they have the
dogecot for the summer and for the winter.
IL is perpetual home like the warm hear<Szsas
Christ, the dovecot of eternal mercy,
how many have found the mercy anlf
Of Christ all they needed in all weatfsSs,
bright weather and dark weather, winter
weather and summer weather, spring
weather and autumn weather \
perpetual and loving Christ. Whist
does the Psalmist sayl We come I'm
der the feathers Of the Almighty Our for
tunes may drop ten degrees below zero The
SHOWS OF trouble may fall around US, the
winds Of persecution may blow against US,
the jackals Of death may stalk forth at US
Home. safely home, in the hart of God
nothing can disturbus. Nothing can over
throw u. The everlasting God is our shei-
ter The Sheriff may sell US out and our
comfortable homes may 20 into the hands of
strangers; but Christ, our home, is home
forever And yet hear people talking as
though when a man became Christian he
put ont on a trackless moor, as though he went
wandering in the lands Of great Sahara.
No As doves 10 the windows"
This great flock OF souls that come into the
Kingdom OF God to-day, are like doves to
their win lows because they come in iocks.
The buzzard, with filthy wing, fitting up
from the carrion, is alone You Look into
the sky and once in q while you can find a
solitary bird winging by: but the doves
spoken OF in the text come in focls. So
these souls today come by scores and hum
dreds, whole focks OF them, Not
strnggier trying to catch up
with au army, but a solid column
Not a stray drop on the cheek or the hand
50 that yon are hardly aware whether it
rains or not; but the rush OF an unmistakable
shower. Not the raking up of few CLEAN
ings, but the full sheaves tossed into the
garner. "As doves to their windows Some
OF them are young, you have noticed, and
into the Kingdom Of God. Some are
old aud their wings have been torn of
the shot and rufiled of the tempest,
and they dew far out at sea, and we thought
they would never come back again, and sJme
have dipped their wings in fountains of sin
and death, ami some made very crooked
course as they flew along: but they have
changed their course: they have come back
-as doves T. their Windows Oh, shall not
to MY dying hour cease TO praise God
for the manifestation Of His grace here to-
day. Praise Him, sun and moon and stars.
Praise Him, Church militant on earth,
Praise Him. Church triumphant in Heaven.
Let the Church on earth raise its right hand,
and let the Church OF Haven lower its right
hand, until they clasp in JOY and congratula
ton, and then let thu elders of the church put
the wine Of celebration to our lips, and let
the cupbearers OF Heaven bring from the
vaults Of eternity, the Oldest wine prepared
by Him who trOd the winepress alone, and
let two worlds at once keep Jubilee. Oh yes
lad fba bat
Before the time Of Robert Raikes there was
no combined effort for the salvation OF the
young. People were allowed to go on in their
SIN. and after while were brought ba k,
II they were brought back at all
There has been a notion in the church that
people must be allowed to SOW their wild
oats and after while they will come back.
have noticed that 30 out of 100 OF the people |
who sow wild oats never reap any other |
crop: they sow to the wind and they |
reap the whiriwind- The church has |
found out that 1t is easier TO keep a train on |
the track thaa 20 get il on the track WHEN |
once it is OF the track. The experienced |
reinsman checks the fiery steed at the first |
jump, for be knows that if 1t get under full /
swing and its hoof strike fire AMI it take the |
bit IN its teeth. the momentum is ire
5 stible. AMI so we rejoice at the coming of /
the young. Oh, that Christ to-day would |
take all these h.wers Of youth and make |
them into a garland for His own blessed |
brow. In the heaviest snowsiorm that /
ever saw, / went to see a dying girl in my /
parish. Her cheek on the pillow was as
white as the snow on the easement
Loved ones stood around the couch. They
could not give her up They seered 10 be
rying 10 hold her back in this world.
Father could not give her ~. Mother could
not give her up; and one nearer and dearer
han father or mother was frantic with grief
sale - Il bf.r.r a
'ou feel to-dayf She said: ''Mr. TalHage
feel happy. feel very happy. wish
-Ou would tel all the young folks next
sunday that religion will make them
iappy.n As lift the room, above the sob
ing ami the wailiug Of grief was hsari-I
leard-tte calm, Gear, re ionant voice Of that
lying girl, as she said to me: Good night;
We viii meet again on the other side tie
liver. On the following Sabbath we gatn-
red for her burial. and out of the conserya-
DRY we brought white flowers and put them
n the casket. and in all that crowded church
here wac only one bright and delighted fa,e:
hat was tie face Of Fannie. Religion had
made her happy while she lived, and happy
when she died and has made her happy for
yer. Oh, am glad the young come to-
ay. have no words to express my emo
ion at the coming Of these young men.
,hrist Him ELF died VIII lie yet young man,
nd His sympathies 90 ont toward the young.
H. that this regiment for God might be re-
nforce tO-dsy by the coming of all these
Dung men and young women who have not
-et surrendered themselves to the Lord
esus
But while this great flock have come into
he doYec-t the largest flock have flown the
ther way. It is easy 10 feed the pigeons,
be doves You go out with a handful of
orr or wheat, ami they fly all around yol.
they alight on your shoulder, and your
lands aud your head. aud You feel them,
nd they stand around you, they are so very
anne. But do you know. my brother.
he Lord has been feeding yoI WITH
be finest Of the wheat all these
earsi And yet you have flown away 1
rom him You took your clothes from His
Eardrobe You TOOK your bread from HIS
and, and yet you have been flying the other
ray. While these others coms into the dove
OF, you are out in the storm. And as some
morning. after a severe winter tempest, you
ave gone out and you have seen dad birds
Il over the snow, so there will be a
ime come when all those whO re
ect His mercy and despise the Gospel Will
erish Alb, the storm must come, the storm
iii come II will SILVER the masts of pride
nd drive into the white reefs of death the
at cargo Of sin. The cedars Of Lebanon
liil be split in the hurricane. aud the
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